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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Molecular Biology.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When it became clear to Barbara that she could no longer stay at Missouri, what did she consider as a possible career?
(a) Meteorology.
(b) Botony.
(c) Geography.
(d) Geology.

2. Who was the President of the Carnegie Institution that Demerec urged Barbara to go talk to?
(a) Charles B. Davenport.
(b) Vannevar Bush.
(c) Marcus Rhoades.
(d) Salvador Luria.

3. In Chapter 9, Evelyn Keller states that both science and art are dependent on what?
(a) Internal visions.
(b) Unlikely solutions.
(c) Belief and hope.
(d) Persistence.

4. What did Barbara think wasn't solvable, but was "merely a symbol"?
(a) Cells.
(b) Genes.
(c) Maize kernals.
(d) Chromosomes.

5. In what year did Barbara McClintock receive her Ph.D.?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1923.
(d) 1927.

Short Answer Questions

1. What date was Barbara McClintock born?

2. What did Cornell geneticists study instead of fruit flies?

3. In 1942, why had the atmosphere at Cold Spring Harbor become even quieter than normal?

4. What did Barbara McClintock receive her PhD in?

5. Where did Harriet Creighton take a teaching job in 1934?

(see the answer key)

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